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April 14th 2019
A small date stone props up the water jar ~ Moroccan Proverb HE SAID... Today we were travelling southeast from Ait Benhaddou to Zagora (via Ouarzazate). After a quick visit to a women’s carpet weaving cooperative down the road from our hotel, we piled into a minibus and left the quiet dusty village of Ait Benhaddou at 9:30am. We were travelling to the ci ... read more

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In 788, about a century after the Arab conquest of North Africa, successive Moorish dynasties began to rule in Morocco. In the 16th century, the Sa'adi monarchy, particularly under Ahmad AL-MANSUR (1578-1603), repelled foreign invaders and inaugurate... ... read more

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This blog documents the feeding of our travel addiction - one country at a time. Travel is an essential part of our life, and we'll continue to travel until our addiction wanes (which probably won't be in this lifetime)! The more we travel, the more we see; and the more we see, the more we understand that we know so little - which is a brilliant thing. We love the little corner of south eastern Australia we call home, but we are at our happiest when throwing ourselves into a new adventure and experiencing new cultures. Rather than doing round-the-world trips, our preferred style of trave... full info

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26th October 2019

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

We are not the only ones
I thought we were the only ones who could come up with the idea of going to Zagora. We ran a half marathon in the desert when we were there. That was great experience. /Ake

28th October 2019

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

Re: We are not the only ones
Wow! That would have been a tough half marathon! We like including places like Zagora to give us as much a sense of the country as possible. And it was a much needed stop on the way to the Sahara :)

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